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U.S. semiconductor maker Nvidia Corp. says up to 400,000 users of its forums have had their encrypted passwords compromised in attacks dating back to early July.It's the latest in a stream of data thefts which has hit major Internet companies over the past few weeks. Search provider Yahoo, networking sites LinkedIn and FormSpring, and dating site eHarmony have all recently reported breaches which collectively compromised the online credentials of millions of users.
A 55-year-old man has been arrested in Cardiff by police from Scotland Yard's Operation Tuleta investigation into computer hacking.The man was arrested at his home on Friday morning on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) 2000.The man is the sixth person to be arrested under Operation Tuleta, which was launched in July last year as a splinter investigation to Scotland Yard's Operation Weeting probe into phone hacking.The Met police said the man is in custody at a police station in the Cardiff area.Operation Tuleta is investigating the use of so-called "trojan" emails which allow a hacker to take over a target's computer.
Wireless computer hacking of identity theft and payroll thefts totalling more than $3 million dollars in Seattle has landed the last defendant in federal prison.Joshuah Allen Witt, 35, was found guilty with two other defendants for hacking into 50 businesses software using a wi-fi receiver that detects business wireless networks. They hacked into the security codes and accessed company computers, according to the Seattle Times online edition.
The software company has released a security update that shuts off the desktop feature out of concerns that hackers could get into a user’s system.Microsoft has issued a security advisory urging users to install an update that disables the Sidebar and Gadgets features on Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems due to a potential security vulnerability.The security advisory warns that a hacker could get into a user’s system through an insecure Gadget running in Sidebar, execute arbitrary code and wreak havoc on the system. The Sidebar, as its name implies, is a section of the desktop real estate that lies to one side of the screen. Gadgets running in Sidebar are various tools, created with small amounts of code, which a user can see at a glance while working on their computer, such as a clock, the local temperature, a news headline feed or a stock ticker.
From the embarrassing hack of a conversation between the FBI and Scotland Yard to a plethora of data breaches, security snafus have ruled the first half of 2012. Here's a look at some of the worst snafus month-by-month.
Google blocks Chrome extensions from third party servershttp://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Google-blocks-Chrome-extensions-from-third-party-servers-1643537.html
Quote from: Asyn on July 18, 2012, 08:00:33 PMGoogle blocks Chrome extensions from third party servershttp://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Google-blocks-Chrome-extensions-from-third-party-servers-1643537.htmlDoes that mean the end of WebRep in Chrome?
Quote from: Dch48 on July 18, 2012, 09:21:45 PMQuote from: Asyn on July 18, 2012, 08:00:33 PMGoogle blocks Chrome extensions from third party servershttp://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Google-blocks-Chrome-extensions-from-third-party-servers-1643537.htmlDoes that mean the end of WebRep in Chrome?If you want to discuss this, please open a new topic. (Maybe in the ECC..)
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